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Wimbledon: Men’s semi-finals
Published on 2011-06-30 15:00:05
(Just a quick side note: This quickly written piece about the men’s semis will be my last entry for a few days - I’m off on a weekend away to celebrate my best friend’s birthday. Check back on Sunday evening for a Wimbledon Top 10 > read more
Wimbledon: The tennis grunt
Published on 2011-06-30 09:15:42
The grunt – specifically by women’s tennis players when striking the ball – seems to pop up with great regularity in the press each year during the Wimbledon fortnight. With the success of two of the more renowned (or is it reviled?) grun > read more
Wimbledon: Strawberries and cream cupcakes
Published on 2011-06-29 11:51:54
A food blogger friend of mine is currently competing in a cupcake competition hosted by Food24. With the Wimbledon fortnight upon us, she decided to make Wimbledon inspired Strawberries and Cream cupcakes. Since tennis - and by extension Wimbledon > read more
A look at women’s tennis and the Wimbledon ladies’ semi-finals
Published on 2011-06-29 10:58:59
Tennis is perhaps the sole sport in which the women are as highly rated as the men. On-court, equal pay has been a feature for several years. Off-court, Maria Sharapova, speculated to be the highest earning sportswoman in the world, out earns most pr > read more
Wimbledon: Men’s Quarter-Finals Day
Published on 2011-06-28 17:47:41
The men’s draw has progressed mostly as expected with the biggest upsets being attained over three-time former finalist, Andy Roddick, and another former finalist, Robin Soderling. Roddick went out to a spirited performance by the Spaniard who f > read more
The Top 10: Wimbledon (Part 2)
Published on 2011-06-28 09:00:56
This is a continuation of The Top 10: Wimbledon (Part 1) which you can find here if you have yet to read it. Comebacks At number five is the stellar comeback of the Williams’ sisters. While their fourth round losses were seen as somewhat of a surp > read more
Wimbledon: Ladies’ quarter-finals day
Published on 2011-06-28 06:49:22
Manic Monday has come-and-gone, and with both Williams’s and Caroline Wozniacki being losers on the day, the ladies’ quarter-final line-up at Wimbledon is quite different from what is was expected to be just 24 hours ago. Only three of the > read more
The Top 10: Wimbledon (Part 1)
Published on 2011-06-27 21:08:23
The first week of Wimbledon has come and gone, as have 120 tennis players from both the men’s and women’s draws. With the completion of the “best day of tennis”, the fourth round matches which are traditionally all played on the second Monday > read more
Tennis players and Google
Published on 2011-06-27 18:55:59
Watching tennis can be quite time-consuming – I’ve realized this due to having to study for an exam while Wimbledon has been going on. Quite a task I’ll have you know, and also the reason for my blog entries being so few and far between. > read more
Wimbledon: A review of the ladies’ draw
Published on 2011-06-18 19:35:11
Reviewing and discussing likely winners of a major tennis tournament is a hazardous business. On the men’s side it is close to impossible to pick a winner among the top three, with Andy Murray further complicating matters. At least there is > read more
Wimbledon: A review of the gentlemen’s draw
Published on 2011-06-18 09:41:57
Considering the all-court brilliance of the four top ranked tennis players, it seems unlikely that it won’t be these four men to contest the semi-finals of Wimbledon. Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and to a lesser degree Andy Mur > read more
Top 10: Roland Garros 2.1
Published on 2011-06-05 05:47:38
Part 2 (Note that this article is a continuation of Top 10: Roland Garros 1.0 which you can find by either scrolling down or clicking here and a correction of Top 10: Roland Garros 2.0 which was incorrectly published earlier.) Will At number five on > read more
Top 10: Roland Garros 1.0
Published on 2011-06-04 18:57:22
The 2011 French Open has come and (almost) gone. A glorious fortnight of tennis provided some of the stories of the year, as well as creating great anticipation for both Wimbledon, and the US hard court summer swing which follows it. Among the notewo > read more
Roland Garros 2011: A Review Of The Remaining Matches In The Men’s Draw
Published on 2011-05-31 20:12:54
Roger Federer. Often argued to be the greatest tennis player of all time. 16-time grand slam winner. Former world number one. Former winner at Roland Garros. Only man yet to drop a set at the French Open 2011. And yet he is still only the third favou > read more
Analysis Of Women’s Draw At Roland Garros 2.0
Published on 2011-05-27 14:36:06
This seems to be the grand slam of upsets, particularly on the women’s side the so-called title contenders been losing early at an alarming rate. As most tennis fans will know, today took this trend to new heights; top seed, Caroline Wozniack > read more
The Top 5 Players On Day 5 At Roland Garros
Published on 2011-05-27 06:20:34
Thursday was quite an interesting day of 2nd round matches. On the men’s side, upsets by qualifiers were the story of the day, with Jurgen Melzer, a semi finalist last year going out in five to 111th ranked Lukas Rosol, Florian Mayer losing to > read more
Top 10: The French Open So Far
Published on 2011-05-26 07:23:02
So the French Open has been ongoing for a few days now and by now we know who is in form, who isn’t and who’s feeling the pressure (Wozniacki much?); it’s nearing that moment where the nervous energy of the first few days of a gra > read more
The French Open Draw: Men
Published on 2011-05-20 16:43:09
The French Open men’s draw is somewhat easier to analyze than the women’s. For starters – not everyone can win. It’ll almost certainly be one of the top 4, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer or Andy Murray. They̵ > read more
The French Open Draw: Women
Published on 2011-05-20 14:09:03
Okay, so I haven’t been this excited before a major, since way back when Federer winning Wimbledon was a given. And even more unbelievably it’s the women’s draw that I most look forward to see being played out. While the womenR > read more
Top 10: Why I Love Being A Student
Published on 2011-05-18 09:13:07
Simply put, this is a compilation of why being a fulltime student is awesome. You are surrounded by young, like-minded individuals capable of engaging, intelligent conversation and discussion. That is not to say the people in this bracket aren > read more
The Royal Fairy Tale
Published on 2011-05-17 17:50:23
This picture is the reason why nine out of ten women watched the royal wedding AND loved it. The happily ever after fairy tale it supposedly it resembles, is after all the same one we’ve been told at bedtime for as long as anyone can remember > read more
My 20-Something Opinion On The Municipal Elections
Published on 2011-05-17 09:33:41
It’s the day before municipal elections in South Africa, and as always, race seems to be polarizing factor. With the population being more than 75% black, this means the ANC will win in most areas. The Western Cape however, is not most areas. > read more
To Blog or Not To Blog.
Published on 2011-05-17 06:11:20
Well here I am, and the blog title that sounded very “I’m-well-versed-in-literature” 30 seconds ago is redundant, since clearly the decision To Blog has already been made. Since this is my first time, (Do bloggers refer to it as lo > read more